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Knives

Knives are one of the most versatile tools of all times. They are used everyday in the kitchen for chopping up chicken and for fine detailing small fruits. Campers use them to cut rope and clean fish. Most soldiers and rescue personnel would not be caught without one. Some knives are kept just for the collector's value.

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Are the Wiltshire Staysharp knives still available?

there available in Australia i want some too so if anyone knows where to buy in UK let me know please

What is a knife grinder?

A Knife grinder, such as the kmg (which literally stands for knife makers ' grinder) is usually a belt grinder that is versatile. They often are variable speed and have a variety of attachments available such as flat plattens, large contact wheels, serrated contact wheels (for rapid material removal), etc.

What is the main use for a serated knife?

It gives more friction, allowing it to cut touch things easier. Fruit is already pretty smooth on the inside, so it doesn't need serration. Breads and meat however usually do need serration to cut, though different types.

What is boning knife?

A boning knife is a type of kitchen knife with a sharp point and narrow blade. It is used in food preparation for removing the bones of poultry, meat, and fish. Generally 12 cm to 17 cm (5 to 6 ½ inches) in length, it features a very narrow blade. A stiff boning knife is good for boning beef and pork, but a very flexible boning knife is preferred for poultry and fish.

Do you sharpen household knives?

To bring on a sharper edge to items, to make cutting easier !

Where would you place a knife at the dinner table?

a long magnet metal bar will hold knives and protect them

Where register my calphalon knives?

It can be done directly through their on line site

What is a knife tang?

The tang is the part of a knife that serves as the handle to blade junction. It either goes in the handle or attaches to it dependant on what type of tang it is. The strongest type is the full tang while the weakest would be the rat or half tang.

What is proper way to care for knives?

As simple as this question is, I will answer it for you. A knife that is misused can cause injury to one's self, as well as others. May cause death in cases.

Example: You handle butter and cannot properly grip the knife, your hand slips as you attemp to cut a carrot and you slice open your hand, causing a gaping wound that requires medical attention.

What exactly should a utility knife be used for?

You can use it for anything if you are forced to, as in if it is the only knife you have, otherwise they are pretty much useless in the kitchen.

Chef's knives, vegetable cleavers and dedicated veggie knives like Nakiri and usuba work a lot better for vegetables, since they have necessary length and knuckle clearance to work on the board conveniently.

For delicate tasks most of the utility knives are too long to successfully replace paring or peeling knives.

Do Indians use knife and forks?

I think you are asking new Delhi people. It depends on Individual to individual

What do you call someone who sharpens knives?

Whetstone is just one type of the knife sharpener.

There are many other types of sharpening systems and devices including sandpaper, grinders, V type sharpeners, electrical sharpeners, etc.

General name is still a knife sharpener though.

Why is the sharp edge of a knife made very thin?

A sharp knife cuts much better than a blunt knife. A sharp knife is less likely skid off and cause an accidental wound.

What is the sharpest knife in the world?

If one uses chef's knife for its designated purpose, i.e. vegetables, meat and other soft food, then definite winners are Japanese chef's knives. They are lighter, thinner, i.e. less exhaustion during prolonged use. Plus, Japanese kitchen knives typically are made using better and harder steel, e.g. VG-10 or better vs. X50CrMoV15 steel or worse in mainstream western kitchen cutlery. All that allows for thinner and much better cutting edges on the Japanese kitchen knives vs. wester ones.

Masamoto, Hattori, Tadatsuna, Koncuke, Togiharu, Watanabe, Takeda are some of the best known makers.

From western world Henckels and Wusthofs are perhaps the most widespread and better known. Messermeister is another German brand and their knives are slightly better and the steel they use is also slightly better thanHenckels and Wusthofs - X55CrMoV15. American company Chef's Choice produces Trizor line of kitchen knives that are very good compared to mainstream.

As for the Cutco, who's knives are distributed by Vector marketing, their claims are very far from true. 440A steel used by Cutco is the worst performer in 440 steel group(440A, 440B, 440C). It's rather old, and cheap stainless steel which is used in low end knives in knife industry, or diving knives. At any rate, it doesn't provide edge holding Cutco claims and in fact it is way behind modern Japanese knives and worse than German knives. D edge used on Cutcos is serrated edge, unfortunately its configuration makes it impossible to sharpen it at home. There is no steel that will not need sharpening for 10 years as Cutco and their marketing claim, and sending your knives to maker few times a year for sharpening is not realistic.

As for the full tang, tripple rivets and bolster, it is all marketing hype, designed to promote and sell features that nobody really needs.

Detailed explanation of the knife marketing myths in the attached link.

What are the critical steps requirements for making chicken skewers?

The HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point. It is the needed to pass health inspection or audits. It is to promote food and healthy safety. The plan for chicken skewers would include; preventing cross contamination from the raw chicken to the vegetables and sterilization of the wood skewers

What is a knife an example of?

A knife is by no means the first, but surely the most successful example of humane ingenuity through all time. Opposed to many animals humans possesses no sharp and strong claws or teeth. Our nails are made for finer work, peeling and such. The invention of the knife is a purposely "backward" evolution to make up for the loss of sharp teeth and strong claws. The one who bears a knife is also the one who bears the strongest symbol of power, showing of the mayor distinction between the human world and the animal world - a symbol to distinguish man from nature.

How do you use garden knife?

It is just like any other knife you have just got to learn how to flip and manipulate it

Why is a knife useful?

The advantages of having a steak knife is that it is a very useful tool for cutting various food that can't easily be cut using a regular knife. The key is obviously in the name, it is commonly used to cut steak, which tends to be hard to cut with regular knives. It is often used to cut other types of meat as well. It is very sharp yet small, thus allows for good precision.

How many knives come in a typical knife set?

A typical set of steak knives usually contains 8 knives. A knife set which comes with a block often contains items other than knives, however, and can include 20 pieces or more.

What materials were used to create knife?

Modern knife blade typically is made out of steel, and the handle can be made out of any hard, non-brittle material, such as plastic, metal, wood, or bone or antler.

However, more exotic materials are used today, such as ceramics and non steel alloys like Talonite and Stellite 6K and 6B, which are Cobalt(Co) based alloys, while steel is Iron(Fe) based alloy.

Special purpose knives are also made with diamond and glass blades, mainly for cutting super thin layers of the sample material.

Prior to steel knife blades were made from flint, obsidian, bronze.